Capitol Address

Biography

Representative Mary Elizabeth Coleman, a Republican, represents parts of Jefferson and St. Louis counties (District 97) in the Missouri House of Representatives. She was elected to her first two-year term in November of 2018.

Raised in Georgetown, Texas, Coleman received a BSBA in Management from Saint Louis University and her Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s University School of Law. She served on Arnold City Council from 2013 to 2015.

In addition to serving in the legislature, her most important job is being a wife and mother. She and her husband, Christopher Coleman, have been married for fifteen years and have six children. An estate planning attorney by trade, Coleman stopped working in September of 2017 when she and her husband adopted their youngest son. At that time she was working as the CEO of TuckerAllen.